“Every educational system has a moral goal that it tries to attain and that informs its curriculum. It wants to produce a certain kind of human being.” – Allan Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind “Thus, the failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency—the belief that…
Category: Books
Missionary Mindset
I’ve been spending much of my reading time lately on missionary biographies, and have been amazed over and over again at God’s faithfulness in their lives. It has been a blessing to read of the trials, hardships, and victories that each of these men and women endured, but also of their way of thinking of…
Now Reading…
Words, Words, Words, by David Crystal The Closing of the American Mind, by Allan Bloom Why We’re Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be), by Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck How Christianity Changed the World, by Alvin J. Schmidt In The Beginning Was The Word, by Vern Sheridan Poythress It is my desire to…
Technopoly, by Neil Postman
Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology, by Neil Postman
I found this book very interesting and thought-provoking. As I have not had time to compile my thoughts into paragraph form as regarding this book, I thought I would just share the notes that I took while reading. While not written from a “Christian” perspective, I do believe that Postman offers a lot of good advice for Christians and non-Christians alike. This is a book I would recommend for those looking to have their eyes opened to the path of technology in our culture and its consequences.
Faith is a Verb
“Where there’s no risk, there’s no faith; where there’s no faith, there is no power or joy or intimacy with God.” – Chip Ingram
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Because we cannot believe that God alone can lead us aright and give eternal meaning to our life even when it is outwardly shattered.
Your Mind Matters
“Commitment without reflection is fantacism in action. But reflection without commitment is the paralysis of all action.” – Dr. John Mackay, President of Princeton Seminary, quoted in John Stott, Your Mind Matters “I am not pleading for a dry, humorless, academic Christianity, but for a warm devotion set on fire by truth.” – John…
Elisabeth Elliot
“The peace of God means the absence of conflict with the will of God. It means harmony within, concord with his purpose for our lives.” – Elisabeth Elliot, All That Was Ever Ours… “Strive to choose, not that which is easiest, but that which is most difficult. Do not deprive your soul of the…
Contented Hearts
“Only contented hearts always experience well-being.” – Deitrich Bonhoeffer, Meditations on the Word
David Brainerd
The Life and Diary of David Brainerd: Missionary to the Indians by Jonathan Edwards
Ride Fierce Racing 